Just Add Light and Stir

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Be very observant of what your child is really doing - don't view him/her in a shallow superficial way. Re...

JoyfullyRejoycing SandraDodd.com/unschooling Those sites exist so that people can explore unschooling, but reading those pages d...

Light can come from you, today, in small ways. If you are gentle and patient when you help a child, that creates peace and comfort. If yo...

Su Penn wrote: A couple of months ago, my four-year-old and I had been wrangling all day—we just couldn't get into each other...

This is from a discussion of speech therapy, once upon a time: I think the hurry on the part of the therapist is based on school- base...

In response to "I guess I'll feel my way?" I wrote: In the dark? Feel your way blindly? How will you know which way to...

Rhetoric and terminology can masquerade as thought or as progress. There are a few terms (and a very, very few) that have been used for m...

Alex Polikowsky wrote: Fear of electromagnetic waves? What if I tell you they are everywhere and that even earth has it?? (hey I am a h...

Simple, pretty things should be valued. The world is new to every child. Being directly with children can help parents see the newnes...

Once upon a time, a newer but enthusiastic unschooler came to a discussion explaining the "we" (all of us) should agree that unsch...

When you see something, or picture it in your mind, you might be examining a small detail of it, close up. If it is shown at a distanc...

No matter how far you look or imagine, you can't see everything. Children are growing in a living world. When you look ahead, as far...

Deb Lewis, as part of a long list of things to do in winter: We've gone on picnics on the coldest of cold days. There is a big shel...

Once someone in a chat asked what I meant by "Positive." Quickly and bluntly, I wrote: Positive is not being cynical and not b...

Parents who want unschooling to work should be positive, upbeat, hopeful, helpful. SandraDodd.com/gratitude photo by Gail Higgins

Your own dwelling place is a small part of the whole universe. The things you have collected, and that you use, are all part of the univ...

Meredith Novak's words: It was hard for me to realize I wasn't being kind or generous to my kids - I think of myself as a pretty...

Peaceful sleep and sweet dreams can come from gentle parenting. SandraDodd.com/peace photo by Holly Dodd, of Albuquerque, from a high poi...

Breathe in a happy memory. Breathe out gratitude. Breathe in hope. Breathe out love. Breathe in a Happy Memory photo by...

There's great peace and beauty in a child who is happy to follow a parent, wherever the path is leading. Human development and realit...